Tour de France, an annual men’s multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France does come with a handsome financial reward for those who come up tops.
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The total prize fund for the 2022 Tour de France sits at just over £2.2 million ($2.7 million) and this year’s winner, Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen took home $528,000.
Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a España), the Tour de France consists of 21 stages, each a day long, over the course of 23 days, coinciding with the Bastille Day holiday.
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The Tour de France is the oldest of the Grand Tours and is generally considered the most prestigious.
The race was first organized in 1903 to increase sales for the newspaper L’Auto but is currently run by the Amaury Sport Organisation.
The race has been held annually since its first edition in 1903 except when it was stopped for the two World Wars.
As the Tour gained prominence and popularity, the race was lengthened and its reach began to extend around the globe.
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